TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Who are you, and what are you doing here’
T2 - methodological considerations in ethnographic Health and Physical Education research
AU - Jachyra, Patrick
AU - Atkinson, Michael
AU - Washiya, Yosuke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/5/4
Y1 - 2015/5/4
N2 - In the pursuit of understanding declining levels of participation from scholastic Health and Physical Education (HPE), ethnographic research has been increasingly utilised as a tool to explore the intersubjective and intrasubjective meaning-making processes that concurrently invite or dissuade participation. Despite the ostensible epistemological benefits of deploying ethnographic research as a vehicle for better understanding contextual HPE (dis)engagement processes and meanings, a critical methodological discussion of the actual implementation and positionality of these methods is largely absent in the extant literature. Reflecting on an ethnographic study conducted with adolescent boys at a Canadian elementary school, this paper provides HPE ethnographers with a series of methodological deliberations, and reflexive points of departure for consideration in the design and implementation of ethnographic research. Specifically, this paper elucidates the process of rapport building with teachers/students, the omnipresent tensions, ethical dilemmas and triumphs that can emerge during ethnography, and the various socio-contextual interview factors that can influence data generation.
AB - In the pursuit of understanding declining levels of participation from scholastic Health and Physical Education (HPE), ethnographic research has been increasingly utilised as a tool to explore the intersubjective and intrasubjective meaning-making processes that concurrently invite or dissuade participation. Despite the ostensible epistemological benefits of deploying ethnographic research as a vehicle for better understanding contextual HPE (dis)engagement processes and meanings, a critical methodological discussion of the actual implementation and positionality of these methods is largely absent in the extant literature. Reflecting on an ethnographic study conducted with adolescent boys at a Canadian elementary school, this paper provides HPE ethnographers with a series of methodological deliberations, and reflexive points of departure for consideration in the design and implementation of ethnographic research. Specifically, this paper elucidates the process of rapport building with teachers/students, the omnipresent tensions, ethical dilemmas and triumphs that can emerge during ethnography, and the various socio-contextual interview factors that can influence data generation.
KW - Health and Physical Education
KW - Pierre Bourdieu
KW - active interviewing
KW - adolescent boys
KW - ethnography
KW - rapport building
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U2 - 10.1080/17457823.2015.1018290
DO - 10.1080/17457823.2015.1018290
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924633537
VL - 10
SP - 242
EP - 261
JO - Ethnography and Education
JF - Ethnography and Education
SN - 1745-7823
IS - 2
ER -